World War I (1914-1918)

Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground won't be reopening

2013-06-19 03:00:00

Army officials are canceling plans to reopen the former Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground as the APG Museum. Adriane Foss, a spokeswoman for the Harford County Army post, confirmed Tuesday that "the Aberdeen Proving Ground Museum will...

National Guard cleans up city block before deployment

2013-06-16 00:00:00

The commanding officer gathered his soldiers early Saturday morning, brought them to attention and delivered details of their mission. The young men and women saluted, snatched up their arms and occupied the perimeters of a stretch of unfriendly terrain....

Arming Syria's rebels

2013-06-14 13:59:00

Having determined that the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons against his opponents in the country's bloody two-year civil war, the Obama administration is now reportedly preparing to send lethal military aid to rebel...

Back Story: Bay Bridge was 45 years in the making

2013-05-30 14:07:00

My colleague, Candy Thomson, recently reported that a study will soon evaluate the structural condition and projected life left in the Bay Bridge, while also considering the possible addition of a third span to accommodate traffic demands that will soar...

National Doughnut Day, get your freebies

2013-06-07 03:47:00

As a lover of doughnuts, I'm surprised I didn't know this. But apparently, National Doughnut Day is today. It's an annual�holiday that goes back to 1938 as -- according to different sources -- a fundraiser or to honor the women of the Salvation Army who...

Remembrance at Baltimore's Mount Auburn Cemetery

2013-05-26 16:24:00

Dressed in the traditional garb of a Civil War Union soldier, Vince Vaise led the two dozen marchers through Mount Auburn, Baltimore's oldest African-American cemetery. Sword drawn, and a stoic look upon his face, Vaise and his followers snaked...

The sequester gives Obama one more chance to blow it

2013-05-06 08:57:00

In President Barack Obama's running argument with the Republicans in Congress over who's responsible for the legislative stalemate on Capitol Hill, he suffers self-inflicted wounds by continuing to run up the same white flag that undermined his own...

Back Story: First Memorial Day celebrated 145 years ago

2013-05-23 15:39:00

"We cherish too, the Poppy red / That grows on fields where valor led, / It seems to signal to the skies / That blood of heroes never dies." — "We Shall Keep the Faith" by Moina Michael For many Marylanders, Memorial Day is the unofficial...

New election precinct created in Edgewood [50 years ago]

2013-05-20 08:00:00

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, May 23, 1963: The Board of Election Supervisors created a new election precinct, warranted by construction of Joppatowne and the growth in the Edgewood area. The new precinct known as Edgewood would...

American dreaming, from Gatsby to Draper

2013-05-16 13:13:00

Last weekend, the film "The Great Gatsby" was reported to have earned a whopping $51 million, according to Business Insider. Just prior to its release, however, many critics ripped the film for distorting the classic novel on which it is based with over-...

Brothers who served in Vietnam together reflect on Memorial Day

2013-05-27 05:55:00

For the Sterner family, Memorial Day is about more than having a day off from work or hosting a family cookout. Dan Sterner and Steve Sterner each served a tour in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A third brother, Donald, who died of asbestos poisoning...

Lafayette Trail in Havre de Grace named for key figure in local and world history [Editorial]

2013-05-09 06:46:00

Havre de Grace was able to pull together a respectable version of its Lafayette Trail, just in time for the bicentennial celebration of a British sacking of the city during the War of 1812. The trail is named for Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert...

More than 50,000 people gathered at Chicago Municipal Airport for the three-day American Air Races in July 1933. Famous stunt pilot Ernst Udet, who had been a German flying ace in World War I, flew during the 1933 air races. Udet later was a general for Hitler's aerial warfare branch.

2013-05-23 10:02:38

The Chalice of Antioch, center, on display at the Hall of Religion at the Century of Progress International Exposition, the World's Fair, held in Chicago. The cup, originally thought to be a Holy Chalice after being recovered in Antioch just before World War I, is no longer identified as a chalice.

2013-05-16 15:24:47

1919: World War I darkens the day for cartoonist John McCutcheon.

2013-05-10 11:48:00